Goetz Brothers’ Joaquin Jackson led off the second inning with a double. Josh Gardner followed with a RBI-single. The Reds caught fire in the third inning. Chris Larsen led off with a base hit. Alex Jauregui hit a double to bring Larsen home to tie the game at 1-1. Nolan Gallant walked and stole second base. Miguel Jaymes’ single scored Gallant and the Reds were up 2-1. Sweeney walked. Jericho Nojadera hit a double to bring Sweeney and Jaymes home. Goetz Brothers came right back with a lead off double by Casildo Gomez and another double by Zane Williams. Jackson’s single scored Gomez and Williams and cut the Reds lead to one run. The Reds’ pitching and defense held Goetz scoreless the rest of the game. The winning pitcher was Gallant and Landon Pangea recorded his first save for the Reds. Larsen received the game ball for going 3 for 3 and playing solid defense at second base. Jaurequi and Sweeney both had first inning hits for the Reds.

Reds 9

Pabonan Family Giants 7

The Reds used two pitchers, Nolan Gallant and Alex Jauregui, and the Giants used three, Noah Noa, Jonas Sunga and Chad Jensen. The Reds were down 6-1 and came back in the fifth inning to take the lead 7-6. The Giants came right back to tie the game 7-7 at the top of the sixth inning. At their last at bat, the bottom of the Reds lineup came through. Anthony Noorda ripped a double and Christopher Cothran hit into a 4-3 fielders choice that moved Noorda to third. Miguel Jaime ripped a first pitch fast ball over the left field fence for a walk off homer to seal the victory.

The post-game handshake between coaches Jack Del Rio of the Raiders and Andy Reid of the Chiefs eventually came off Thursday night, but it seemed for a while that there’s enough bad blood between the two that it might not happen. Once time ran out in the Chiefs’ 21-13 win that gave K.C. a leg up in the AFC West...